{"id":2020517,"date":"2025-09-14T04:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T04:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2020517"},"modified":"2025-09-14T04:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T04:07:07","slug":"how-do-you-prepare-to-fight-wednesdays-thing-owen-painter-told-me-how-they-planned-the-battle-against-his-own-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-do-you-prepare-to-fight-wednesdays-thing-owen-painter-told-me-how-they-planned-the-battle-against-his-own-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Prepare To Fight Wednesday\u2019s Thing? Owen Painter Told Me How They Planned The Battle Against His Own Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Spoilers for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/wednesday-season-2-know-installment-130411089.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wednesday\u2019s Season 2;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u><em><strong>Wednesday\u2019s <\/strong><\/em><\/u><u><strong>Season 2<\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong> finale are ahead! Read with caution, and stream the show with a <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/articles\/netflix-subscription-plans-price-included-174717448.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix subscription;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u><strong>Netflix subscription<\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I promptly binged Part 2 of <em>Wednesday <\/em>Season 2 right when it dropped on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/streaming-news\/2025-netflix-movie-tv-show-release-dates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix\u2019s 2025 schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><u>Netflix\u2019s 2025 schedule<\/u><\/a>. Once it was all over, the scene I kept thinking about was the fight between Isaac Night and Thing. So, when I got the chance to interview the actor behind this season\u2019s big bad, I had to ask him what it was like to fight his own hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/wednesday-season-2-ending-explained-144957465.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ending of Wednesday Season 2;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>ending of <\/u><u><em>Wednesday <\/em><\/u><u>Season 2<\/u><\/a> was certainly action-packed with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/had-no-clue-wednesday-enid-025455978.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:cliffhangers \u2013 like Enid\u2019s fate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>cliffhangers \u2013 like Enid\u2019s fate<\/u><\/a> \u2013 and twists \u2013 like the Ophelia reveal. However, the biggest shock to me was the fact that we got Thing\u2019s origin story. The hand was originally connected to Isaac Night, this season\u2019s villain, and when I asked Owen Painter about learning this information, he said he was made aware of it early on and that it was \u201ctop secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also said he was covertly studying Victor Dorobantu\u2019s performance as Thing, and trying to pick up on his mannerisms to prepare for the fight, explaining:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I felt certainly like a level of pressure, I guess. And it was a really exciting challenge to try not to work out that amazing physicality that Victor [Dorobantu] brings to it, you know? And I remember watching him on set, but not knowing he knew. And so I was trying to look like I wasn&#8217;t researching him, you know? Like, kind of taking down notes of what it looked like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Owen Painter as Isaac Night holding his hand up with his fingers flexed. That hand is Thing.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/CDKgHkkACmM2FVy7IGwHDQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/5a7f17ff78c6ab0bfb5df7f50dbbd42c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Helen Sloan\/Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Along with studying how Dorobantu played the iconic Addams Family hand, Painter said he was also thinking a lot about physical jokes he could do while they filmed the fight between Thing and Isaac. That\u2019s because, while the fight was all about Thing claiming his autonomy over Isaac and defeating him, Painter still had to play both parties involved in the battle while the hand was connected to his character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, he tried to prep by writing down all the ideas he could think of to make the fight entertaining:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I kind of came up with a list of jokes that I had, like on the back end of my script of all the things I could think of that would be funny for a hand to do to someone, like get wet Willy and all that stuff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Painter wrote down the ideas he had, he told me he worked with the stunt team to plan out how the fight would go. While many sequences involve a person fighting another person, this was obviously unique because he had to fight his own hand, so they had fun playing into the comedy of that, as the actor said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I kind of did a day with the stunt team where we tracked out some of them, put them into a piece of choreography they were teaching me how to do like Buster Keaton falls and things like that. It was really fun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Once he worked with the stunt team, it was time to take their plan to Tim Burton and film the fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Isaac actor told me that while some of their plans made it into the cut, the director also wanted to work with him on it, and the fight evolved as they shot it. They also kept coming back around to it, making it so it took about a week to film the whole sequence, as Painter explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And then we pitched it to Tim [Burton], and we did some of it, but then a lot of it, after beginning shooting, was just kind of messing around, figuring stuff out. I think we shot it for like a week. You know, Tim just would come up with new ideas, new camera angles, new things to try every single day. [He] kept coming back to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He went on to say it was so \u201cfun\u201d and \u201cgreat,\u201d and I could feel that on screen, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Isaac and Thing\u2019s quarrel is quite dramatic; it literally ends with Thing ripping Isaac\u2019s heart out. However, it\u2019s also really funny (I\u2019m thinking about the moment where Thing flips him off and pokes him in the eye), and I love how the show leaned into the absurdity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Painter\u2019s commitment to playing both the evil Isaac and Thing as the hand worked to regain its own control was quite brilliant, and it made for a final battle that\u2019s unlike anything I\u2019ve ever seen before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Overall, <em>Wednesday <\/em>Season 2 is full of memorable and incredible unique set pieces and scenes, including the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/thought-wednesday-season-2-dance-144612627.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:dance between Enid and Agnes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>dance between Enid and Agnes<\/u><\/a> and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/wednesday-body-swap-episode-spoiler-181727920.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:body swap episode;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>body swap episode<\/u><\/a>. And this final battle is certainly part of that list. Owen Painter was brilliant in it, and he absolutely killed what was ultimately a fight with his own hand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Netflix Spoilers for Wednesday\u2019s Season 2 finale are ahead! Read with caution, and stream the show with a Netflix subscription. I promptly binged Part 2 of Wednesday Season 2 right when it dropped on Netflix\u2019s 2025 schedule. 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